Air Force allows members to omit ‘so help me God’ from their service oaths

Air Force Academy Cadets walk onto the field at the start of the graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy at Falcon Stadium on May 23, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AFP Photo/Chris Schneider)

The U.S. Air Force has reversed its position on requiring enlisted members and officers to swear an oath containing the phrase, “So help me God,” the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office announced today. The Air Force faced a spate of criticism after it informed an unnamed airman that he must recite the words…